Tight Sweet Pill Show @ The Black Sheep 02May23

I was excited that friends Bob & Cheryl were able to come out for a show to hear Sweet Pill with me in Colo Spgs @ The Black Sheep. It's been 15 years since I last saw Cheryl, and even Bob was a distant couple of years. I stopped at their new place in downtown COS for pre-game; it's a gorgeous estate adorned with European courtyard, great peak view deck, stylish great room, and a 5 car garage... way to go Bob. Too I learned Cheryl is an infamous live music fan so we definitely shared observations all night, and discussed future events. Unfortunately her son Wyatt, an old friend as well, was not around at the time so I could say "hi"... I do see him often-ish at Keystone though.

We had a good, but brief time at the show. Sweet Pill was the opening act of the 3 band night; they were excellent and tight as expected. Youssef's voice (from light & melodic, to punch, to scream, to soaring) and lyrics were awesome and the band was very strong and "on it" for each move and transition. The beat boys slammed hard and the harmonics guitar was eerie and sweet while the lead was right on the leads of vocals. Sweet Pill's emo/punk vibe was present throughout their 7 song set and we all thought their show was very good. Sound at the venerable Black Sheep was decent enough for us at our vantage point right in front of the sound man. Yoho had to miss the show but as he said: "I'll catch them next year at Ball Arena;" they'll not be openers long, even for Origami Angel.

I captured one song from the show, Sweet Pill's leadoff title track from their only album 'Where The Heart Is." Awesome. I couldn't take the singing of the lead in Pinkshift, the 2nd act, and neither could the others, so we left early and never partook of headliners, Origami Angels.